Riprapping system.



ma. HABER. BIPRPPIHG SYSTEH.

' PPLIOATEOB FILED AYE. 23, 1910.

nieuwe Noma-.1910.

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. JAMES M. MAKER, F FREIONT, NEBRASKA.

RIIIGAPPING SYSTEM.

specification of Leners Parent.

Patented Nov. 15, 1910.

Application led April 23,1910. Serial No. 557,117.

To all 'fwhom 'it may concern.'

lle it known that I, James M. MAHER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Fremont, in the county of Dodge and State of Nebraska, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Riprapping Sys tems, of which the following is :i specitleation.

This invention relates toimprove'mcuts in systems for riprapping or dik'mg for use in Water currents carrying a percentage of silt, and also useful to prevent the cutting away of banks ot streams during high water 0r floods and to cause the formation of alluvial` deposits where banks of streams have been eroded or cut away, and to fill channels in the beds of streams or tide waters.

The invention broadly includes a means for changing the direction of Water currents v by reforming the bed, bottom or banks of y In the movin watercuxrcnt 8, down.

- slats 12,

the river or stream, said means to consist of few and simple. parts lso that construction will be economical and'which will be reliable in operation, and includes structural v parts which may be conveniently rolled into bundles `for transportation.

With these objects in view, the invention consists of the novel construction, coinbination and arrangement of parts as describe-:l Yherein and claimed andas illustrated in the drawing, whereiiu- Figure l is u ivertical front View of the several parts employed. Fig. 2 is a vertical end View of the parts shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a perspecti\'e-v'iew of the same.

Referring now to the drawing for a more particular lescriptionz numeral 1 indicates piling, said piles having wires, strands or cables 2, 3 and 4 secured thereon in any convenient manner between their ends as' upon clips 5; and at 6 are indicated `wires, cables or strands of less length than the other cables and secured in like manner to clips ,7, clips 'i'being securely mounted upon and near the lower ends of the piles.

stream from pi es l is indicated a current dellector, fascine or tlexible barrier member 9, the .rime being substantially V-shaped and consisting,r of wings 10 and 11. These wings are substantially, alike, each consist.. ing of a lurality ofiingli'idual fascineS 0I; disposed .adjacen`t ,o eachother and in alinement and spaced apart uniformly to provide longitudinal recegsesli, therebetween, these slats being 'securedaiigcth'enby also'by :(,asonnof4 the tension o gitudinally of said wings; a sulicient number of strands ll are employed at or near the terminals of the slats and also intermediate .tlieir terminals so that they will bc held in fixed relation with reference to each other, the' slats being circuiuscribed or entwined in any suitable manner by the strands, for this purpose.

At v15 are indicated holding members or connecting strands; the;r are mounted. upon and operate to secure together the adjacent menus of Wires or strands 14 extending lonci' inner ends of .i-'ings l0 and 11; they are A` employed at longitudinal intervals of the fascine or barrier-member so that the wings will be reliably connected.

In operation, clips 5 and" 7 are first secured Y.

upon the piles, and cables Q, 3, 4 and Gare secured upon the clips as described'. The piles ina be of Wood but iiietal'lic piling'is prefer-rot and the saine may be of any suitable length. After the piles` have been driven into the soil in the bottoni of 'the stream at. a desired location, the opposite coils ot' cables l and l are secured 'in :my convenient manner, respectively, to the up per and lower ends and upon the iiiitidle of the sla-ts of wing l0, as upon clips 16, strands or cables (i being secured to the ends of the slats of wing 11, as to eyebolts 1l shown in Figs. l and 2 oi' upon clips 112 shown in Fig. 3. The operator then causes wings-10 and 11 to assume substantially a right Aarigle, and ueiglils or sand bags 17 are'secuiefl in au suitable manner to the' slats of wing 10 as 'y use oi' strands 1S, these weights also being so arranged that their 'bottoms will rest upon wing l1, and ity will be understood that, when Lhefascine is placed in the current down stream from piling 1 the same will sink -to the. bottom by reason of 'the weights mentioned, and by reason of the adjustnieutI of strands 2, 3, 4 und 6, as described, wing l() will assume a substantially vertical position and wing ll1 will be disposed horizontally and will extend' from wing 10 in a direction ofthe piling; strand as alreadv explained, having a less length than str-anos or cables 2, 3 and 4. In'the construction Vthus described, only suilicient number of weights are employed to cause the lodgment o the barrier-meint; er or V fiascine upon the bottom ofthe streanL, vWing 11 wil be reliably held upon the bottoni by reason oi the weights l? resting thereon,

v cables 6.

Any number of pilesfbund to be necessary, may be employed; also any desired number of cables 2, 3, 4 and 6 may be employed to resist the water current directed againstthe.

5 barrier-member.

The herein described 'structure has been found to be inexpensive in consti action, con- "enient in management or handling and efl fcctive` for the Apurposes mentioned. In

practice the current is deliected and retarded while assing between the slats of wing 10, and si t, sand and other solids will pass downward and will be deposited rearwardly of the vertical wing and an alluvial deposit Y' f 15 will be formed upon-both sides of the upright-wing. The function of wing 11 is to revent water-cutting or removal of the soil rom beneath' wing l0, a'nd since wing 11 extends inthe direction mentioned and is sustained in its position horizontally below wing l0, it willoperate effectively f or this' purpose.

At 19, m F 1g. 3,fis indicated a shortsection or wing constructed of slats disposed 2.5 vadjacent to eachother and held together in a'manner alread described, said section.being disposed inc inedly, and the lower part of the section may be connected to wing 11,

and one of its ends may be connected t0' Wing` 10 by anyeconvenient means, the means herein shown ing the use of strands 20." -At'Q-l'is indicated awlre or cable-having .one of its ends secured upon and 'near the upper. end of this inclined section, and at '221s indicated a like vcable v having one of its ends secured upon thelower part of this'- section, the opposite ends oaf-:cables or strands',

' 21-and22 being secured ftoone of the piles.

The section as described may be used to ad- 40 vantage for the protection-.cf river banks or to straighten the banks of streamsand may be disposed inclinedly when `secured to the vertica or horizontal wings as described for detlecting the 'water current, and in operation alluvial deposits will be formed adjacent to the bank. A

While clips and eyebolts have been shown and described as a means for securing the cables or wires upon the .piling or upon lio-parts of the barrier-member, I donot limit myself ,to these means and many of the detmls of construction my bc changed will out departing from the spirit of the invention, the scope of said invention being deter- 5 mined by the claims.;

fully described my invention,

spaced in suitable'relatiosi and connected by means of strands, 4wel h ts secured to the 'face o f said flexible bcuyand anchoring ca bles s'f uredl tosaid flexible body for an- -choril tlle'samcin an upright position in a stream@ 3. 1^; fascine comprising a liexible vertical 'body wires transversely engaging said body, and 'weights secured to the face of said vertical 'iodyat its lower end.

l' 2. 'fascine lcomprising a flexible body, i consisting of u pluralityofslat members 4. iascine composed of a flexible body,

l.weighted elements secured near the base of said body-and anchoring cables secured to said tiexlble body,

5. A fascine' comprising a pluralitr of suit-.tbly'spaccd wires, slat members inter- Wm'en betweensaid wires, weighted elemerts secured to the front face of saidslat members,l and anchoring cables secured to the front :faces thereof.

6. A `famine embodying annprightbody composed of a plurality of 4Slat members, weiehted elements secured to said body near. the Lbase thereof, and-:1 plurality'cf' longit-udinal tie wires engaging each` ofthe Slat relaticn. 7. ,A water current deliector4 comprisinv' a pair of connected longitudinal wings seach other, each wing consisting of a plural'- ity of connected slat members disposed sub stantially inv alinenient, weights secured to one of said \vi ngs, and anchored strands connected with andl adapted to tnaintain'the wingsin opposed relation to said water current. f

8. L water current delector comprising a pair of connected longitudinal-wings, said' win s bein disposed*atsubstantially right posed in. angular relation with reference tcmembers for securing thesame their stated l' f f' ang es, eac Vwing'.consisting .of conne'cted slatmembers disposed adjacent-'toeneh other Y andsubstantially in alinement; plurality of stationary piling, strands connectingthe ments secured to'one of said wings and dis posed inter-mediate said wings.

9. In combination with a support,"a water current dcfiector for the pur ose described; an upright wing; a horizonte wing connected with the ufpright wing, each of said wings consisting o flexibly connected Slat-members; means connected with the support and with said wings for maintaining said wings vin opposed relation to the water current;

and a plurality of weights secured to the upright wing and disposed u n the horizontal wing intermediate the upright wing and said support.

16. A system of'riprappin comprisinga pair of connected wngs, ec comprising a plurality of rigid, substantially parlle 1 exiblywonnected adjacent bodies; maand -139 'of lonfritudinai Winn-s 1l. A current deficctor comprising u pair i euch of said wingsj comprising :1 plurality of slut members:

means for anehori-ig the current'decctor in au upright position,

f a stream, and means fur maintaining the 10 Wmgs at substantially right Aangles to each other.

In testimony whereof I have Yaxed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JAMES M. MAH Witnesses Elm-1x D SMAILS, RALPH- H. Buss. 

